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SELF-PACED COURSE

Regenerative Agriculture

Nourishing the Soil, Healing the Planet

with Arty Mangan

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Regenerative agriculture isn’t just for farmers — it’s a powerful approach to nourishing the planet that anyone can learn from. Whether you’re a home gardener, a sustainability advocate, or simply curious about creating systems that heal rather than harm, this flexible, self-paced course will show you how regenerative practices restore ecosystems, increase biodiversity, and help address the climate crisis by capturing atmospheric carbon. Imagine contributing to a healthier planet, no matter the scale of your efforts — all on your own schedule.

Dates

Start Anytime

Duration

6 Modules, Self-Paced

Format

Online, on-demand course

Resources

Videos, articles, and downloadable learning materials

Cost

$195

Imagine an agricultural system that, instead of degrading the environment, restores ecosystems, increases biodiversity, and can capture some of the excessive amounts of atmospheric carbon fueling the climate crisis. Regenerative agriculture offers a powerful way to transform industrial agriculture from a climate and environmental scourge to a life-affirming process worthy of doing the essential work of producing food.

This multimedia course features 24 contributors from diverse fields — farmers, scientists, educators, activists, and authors — who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. Together, they’ll take you on a journey into the fascinating world of healthy soil, biodiversity, and carbon’s essential role in creating resilient ecosystems. Through real-world stories and practical insights, you’ll learn how regenerative practices are transforming landscapes, improving human and animal health, and addressing the climate crisis.

Regenerative agriculture is more than a method — it’s a knowledge-based system rooted in respect for Traditional Indigenous Knowledge and inspired by the principles of biomimicry. By working with nature instead of against it, this approach empowers farmers, gardeners, and land stewards to restore ecosystems, enrich soil, and reclaim their vital role as caretakers of the earth.

Whether you’re a farmer looking to implement regenerative practices, a gardener adapting these ideas to your own scale, an educator seeking tools to inspire students, Or simply someone passionate about personal and planetary health, this course offers a pathway to deeper understanding and action. We invite you to learn how regenerative agriculture is one of the most promising solutions for healing our relationship with the planet and building a more sustainable future for all.

  • Flexible: Start any time and complete 6 modules at your own speed

  • Resources: On-demand videos, articles, and other learning materials

  • Questions?: Instructor support and community space are available

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

  • The Foundations of Regeneration: Gain a clear understanding of the principles and practices that make regenerative agriculture a powerful tool for restoring ecosystems and building resilience.
  • Carbon’s Critical Role: Explore how carbon cycles through soil, supports healthy plant growth, and can be sequestered to help mitigate climate change. Biodiversity as a Solution: Learn how diverse ecosystems are key to  regenerating the land and fostering long-term sustainability.
  • The Secret Life of Soil: Discover the fascinating underground world of soil microbes and how they create the natural fertility that supports all life above ground.
  • The 5 Pillars of Soil Health: Master essential practices like keeping soil covered, planting diverse crops, minimizing soil disturbance, maintaining living roots, and integrating animals into the land.

  • â—Ź A Path Forward: Understand why the industrial agriculture model is unsustainable and how regenerative systems can offer a healthier, more equitable, and climate-positive future.

MIMIC
NATURE

BIODIVERSITY CREATES RESILIENCE

HEALTHY SOIL
IS ALIVE

CARBON CAN BE A CLIMATE SOLUTION

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Arty Mangan is the Director of the Bioneers Restorative Food Systems Program and former Board President of the Ecological Farming Association, which produces the Eco-Farm Conference. His first experiences in agriculture were as a farmworker harvesting tobacco in Ontario, Canada, and picking peaches in West Virginia where he saw first-hand the unjust treatment of Black farm workers.

Later, as the proprietor of an on-farm, organic apple juice business on the Central Coast of California, he developed relationships that led to becoming the buyer for a national juice company working with farmers, processors, and packing houses in California, Florida, Arizona, Mexico, and Costa Rica.

As the Project Manager for the Bioneers Restorative Development Initiative, Mangan organized organic farming trainings for Black farmers in the Deep South. He also collaborated with John Mohawk, a Turtle Clan Seneca, on the Iroquois White Corn project to reintroduce the healthy traditional food of the Haudenosaunee Six Nations to buffer the epidemic of diabetes among Native people.

Mangan also produced multi-day, on-farm training programs on urban agriculture, biodynamic farming, and permaculture. For the Dreaming New Mexico Project, he produced a video series on biocultural crops and traditional agriculture.

As the relationship between agriculture and climate has emerged as a prominent theme in the work of the Restorative Food Systems Program, Mangan has authored media series on Carbon Farming: Agriculture’s Solution to Climate Change, Regenerative Agriculture: Nourishing The Soil, Healing the Planet, and Where Water Flows Life Thrives: Ensuring Drought Resilience and Water Security for Farms, People and Ecosystems.

COURSE MODULES

Regenerative Agriculture: Nourishing the Soil, Healing the Planet

$195

With Arty Mangan, Director of the Bioneers Restorative Food Systems Program

Register Now